Major refactor of graphics pipeline keying, shader cache, and resource allocation.
Replaced most Allocator usage with AllocationHandle, modernized logger usage,
and unified pipeline state keys. Updated MeshUtility to use AllocationHandle.FreeList.
Added new shader pipeline architecture docs and improved error handling throughout.
BREAKING CHANGE: Pipeline keying and resource allocation APIs have changed.
Major refactor of render pipeline and shader system:
- Replaced legacy shader properties with source generator and attribute-based HLSL struct generation.
- Introduced ShaderPropertiesRegistry for runtime property layout/code registration.
- Added modular IRenderPipeline, IRenderPipelineSettings, and IRenderPayload interfaces.
- Implemented GhostRenderPipeline and ECS-driven GPUScene management.
- Added experimental DirectX 12 Work Graph support.
- Refactored shader compilation, variant hashing, and caching.
- Updated APIs for consistency and improved codegen for registration.
These changes modernize the rendering infrastructure for advanced features like work graphs and dynamic pipelines.
BREAKING CHANGE: Shader DSL, pipeline, and property APIs have changed. Existing shaders and pipeline integrations must be updated.
Added ICommandSignature and D3D12CommandSignature for indirect command execution in the D3D12 backend, with supporting types. Updated ICommandBuffer and IGraphicsEngine interfaces to support indirect execution and command signature creation. Refactored command buffer pooling in D3D12GraphicsEngine for more flexible reuse. Changed BeginFrame and EndFrame to void and clarified parameter names. Updated resource and frame data structures to use direct buffer indices. Added RenderingUtility for buffer and texture uploads. Removed IRenderOutput interface. Updated RenderSystem render loop and HLSL/C# code to match new buffer usage patterns.
BREAKING CHANGE: ICommandBuffer, IGraphicsEngine, and related APIs have changed signatures and behaviors. Indirect command execution is now supported and required for some advanced features.
Major overhaul of GPU resource/heap management:
- Replace resource pooling and upload buffer logic with transient heap/page-based suballocation in ResourceManager.
- Add support for suballocation and heap flags/types, with D3D12 helpers.
- Remove ICommandBuffer.UploadBuffer/UploadTexture; add UpdateSubResources and CopyBuffer, move upload logic to RenderingContext.
- Refactor D3D12ResourceAllocator/Database for suballocation, heap flags, and mapping.
- Standardize on Handle<GPUBuffer> usage.
- Update meshlet/mesh utilities for new allocation handles and memory pools.
- Refactor RenderGraph and docs to use "heap" terminology.
- Use cpuFrame/gpuFrame consistently for frame sync.
- Add s2h.hlsl, s2h_3d.hlsl, s2h_scatter.hlsl shader debug libs.
- Miscellaneous fixes, cleanup, and dependency updates.
BREAKING CHANGE: Resource pooling and upload APIs replaced with new heap/page-based suballocation system. Update all buffer/texture creation and upload code to use new ResourceManager and ICommandBuffer methods.
Refactored all graphics resource handles to use Handle<GPUTexture> and Handle<GPUBuffer> instead of Handle<Texture> and Handle<GraphicsBuffer>. Updated all APIs, interfaces, and implementations to use the new types, including ICommandBuffer, IResourceAllocator, ISwapChain, IRenderOutput, IRenderGraphBuilder, and related classes. Introduced TempJobAllocator for frame-latency-aware allocations. Updated ResourceHandleExtensions for new conversions. Performed minor code cleanups and removed the empty ClusterLod.cs file.
BREAKING CHANGE: All usages of Handle<Texture> and Handle<GraphicsBuffer> are replaced with Handle<GPUTexture> and Handle<GPUBuffer>. This affects all APIs and resource management code. Callers must update their code to use the new handle types.
- Refactor D3D12 backend and RenderGraph module
- Update graphics RHI and core rendering components
- Add Random.hlsl shader include
- Regenerate API documentation and update user guides
Introduced RenderExtractionSystem for entity-based render data extraction. Added MeshInstance and MeshPalette components with shadow casting support. Refactored QueryBuilder API, SharedComponentStore, and component registration for clarity and flexibility. Updated SystemManager and SystemGroup to use SystemAPI. Replaced RenderingConfig with GraphicsEngineDesc/RenderSystemDesc. RenderFrame now uses CPU/GPU fence values for sync. Removed Camera.cs in favor of ECS-based rendering. Improved Material, RenderingLayerMask, Mesh, and RenderList APIs. Updated package references and fixed naming, error handling, and disposal issues.
